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Zoo Will Let Polar Cubs Die, Rather Than Raise by Hand

Jan 6, 2008 6:06 PM CST

Zoo Will Let Polar Cubs Die, Rather Than Raise by Hand

Nuremburg doesn't want 'Knutomania'

(Newser) - Officials at a Nuremburg zoo have vowed not to rescue the cubs of two polar bears who gave birth about a month ago, even though one is showing signs of disinterest in her offspring, leaving them to cry plaintively for long periods of time. Zoo officials say they don't want...

$200 Oil on Horizon: Economists

Jan 3, 2008 3:13 PM CST

$200 Oil on Horizon: Economists

Decreasing supply will mean increasing prices

(Newser) - The price of oil could surge to $150 in five years and $200 in 10 years, a prominent German economic institute reports. "Oil supplies are becoming increasingly scarce and that will continue to drive up prices," said one energy expert. Oil prices hit $100 yesterday for the first...

Inside the Siemens Bribery Scandal

Dec 28, 2007 8:40 AM CST

Inside the Siemens Bribery Scandal

How international prosecutors dug up suspicious payments

(Newser) - In one of the world's largest corporate bribery scandals in recent years, German industrial giant Siemens allegedly channeled millions of euros in bribes to customers in Nigeria, Russia, Libya, and other countries to win infrastructure contracts. The Wall Street Journal traces the unearthing of the Siemens case across four years...

Italian Syndicate Quietly Rules Europe's Cocaine Trade

Dec 27, 2007 4:44 PM CST

Italian Syndicate Quietly Rules Europe's Cocaine Trade

US market tumbles as mobsters flourish

(Newser) - Europe is gaining a foothold in the world’s cocaine trade, elbowing out the US as the largest market thanks to the bravado of one Italian crime syndicate. The ‘Ndrangheta mafia, based in the hills of southern Italy, has won prominence by dealing directly with Colombian kingpins and shunning...

Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

Dec 22, 2007 6:14 AM CST

Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

Father's shadow hasn't kept Albert Speer from worldwide impact

(Newser) - It’s hard to make a name for yourself when you share a name with your father, harder when the father was a famous Nazi architect and friend of Hitler. Urban planner Albert Speer constantly battles the association, keeping a low profile, and, though he has made his mark worldwide,...

Man's Best Friend Just Following Orders

Dec 19, 2007 4:43 PM CST

Man's Best Friend Just Following Orders

Hitler-saluting dog is looking for a new home

(Newser) - A healthy, friendly, affectionate and evidently obedient Alsatian is looking for a good home. Taught by his master to affect a Nazi salute on command, Adolf—that's right—is in a Berlin animal shelter. His owner is in jail after showing the trick to police in a country where all...

Germany Rips African Ruler at Trade Talks

Dec 8, 2007 3:51 PM CST

Germany Rips African Ruler at Trade Talks

Calls human rights in Zimbabwe 'damaging' to Africa's image

(Newser) - Germany blasted Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe today as the EU began a historic trade summit with Africa, Reuters reports. Mugabe listened as German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared Zimbabwe’s human rights crisis “damaging the image of the new Africa.” Such issues loom on the first day of the...

Germany to Try Scientology Ban

Dec 7, 2007 10:22 PM CST

Germany to Try Scientology Ban

Lawmakers order domestic spies to gather a decade of data on the group

(Newser) - German ministers accused Scientology of being unconstitutional today and took steps to ban it from the country, Der Spiegel reports. They ordered spies to assemble a dossier on the group, based on 10 years of surveillance, to support the ban. Scientologists were outraged, and called themselves victims of "on-going...

Merkel, Sarko Keep Heat on Iran

Dec 7, 2007 7:53 AM CST

Merkel, Sarko Keep Heat on Iran

Partners insist sanctions are still possible despite new intelligence

(Newser) - Angela Merkel joined Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday in reaffirming their hard line on Iran's nuclear program despite the new American intelligence assessment that weapons development was halted in 2003. "I don't see why we should renounce sanctions," said the French president at a joint press conference in Paris, with...

VW Opens Russian Factory

Nov 29, 2007 5:51 PM CST

VW Opens Russian Factory

Auto maker may find stiff competition already there

(Newser) - Volkswagen is attempting to break in to the Russian auto market by opening a major factory in the town of Kaluga, 100 miles southwest of Moscow. They are not alone: Der Speigel reports that Volvo and Renault already produce cars there, and GM, Ford and BMW have all grabbed substantial...

Remaining
Holocaust Claims Stalled

Nov 25, 2007 5:09 AM CST

Remaining Holocaust Claims Stalled

Many survivors, heirs still stymied on stolen property, lost wages

(Newser) - Six decades and $100 billion in reparations later, tens of thousands of Jews say Germany still owes them for Holocaust crimes, the Washington Post reports. A 2002 law promised pensions for ghetto dwellers forced to work for little pay, but officials denied benefits to 60,000 for lack of documentation,...

Iran Warns Against UN Sanctions

Nov 23, 2007 5:44 PM CST

Iran Warns Against UN Sanctions

US, Europe allies call for penalties after inspectors' report

(Newser) - Iran warned today that UN sanctions might bring a halt to its cooperation with nuclear inspectors, Reuters reports. The warning comes a day after Britain, France, and Germany joined the US in calling for such sanctions because a report by international inspectors gave Tehran mixed marks on its openness. "...

Merkel's Grand Coalition Hits
a Rocky Patch

Nov 22, 2007 9:56 AM CST

Merkel's Grand Coalition Hits a Rocky Patch

Her No. 2 gone, can chancellor hold government together?

(Newser) - On the second anniversary of her taking office, the German media reports on new troubles for Angela Merkel's increasingly fractious grand coalition, which has two years to go but seems unlikely to push through the difficult reforms the chancellor promised. With last week's resignation of Franz Müntefering, the government's...

Arachnophobia! 8-Foot Fossil Scorpion Is Biggest Bug

Nov 21, 2007 8:40 AM CST

Arachnophobia! 8-Foot Fossil Scorpion Is Biggest Bug

Creepy swam sea with other giant crawlies

(Newser) - Scientists digging in Germany have found the fossilized claw of what is thought to be the largest bug ever to roam the earth—or, in the case of this 400-million-year-old scorpion, to navigate the seas. The eight-foot-long arachnid is an "amazing discovery" that highlights the remarkable sizes of ancient...

Strikes Hit German Commuters

Nov 16, 2007 6:00 AM CST

Strikes Hit German Commuters

Train worker walk out in third day; negotiations at a standstill

(Newser) - France isn't the only country suffering a railway strike this week. In Germany, millions of commuters are stranded as a dispute over pay hikes enters its third day. The strike, which began on freight services, has now expanded to commuter trains, reports the Telegraph. It's the most serious strike in...

EU Eyes Single Telecom Market

Nov 14, 2007 8:25 AM CST

EU Eyes Single Telecom Market

European Commission considers EU-wide rules to break up national monopolies

(Newser) - Europe would be a single telecom market under a plan proposed by the European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, which argues that cheaper broadband and phone service is being held up by conflicting legislation and national monopolies in member countries. Under the plan, a regulatory body would oversee...

Bush, Merkel Meet in the Middle

Nov 10, 2007 4:03 PM CST

Bush, Merkel Meet in the Middle

US supports Iran diplomacy; Germany agrees on sanctions

(Newser) - Bush vowed to play nice with Iran today and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to mull more sanctions despite resistance to the notion in Germany, the BBC reports. Facing reporters on Bush's Texas ranch, the president backed diplomacy as a way to thwart Iran's nuke program. "We will continue...

Ich bin ein iPhone? Germany Cool To Hype

Nov 9, 2007 10:48 AM CST

Ich bin ein iPhone? Germany Cool To Hype

First European launch of the Apple gadget attracts mixed response in Germany

(Newser) - Stoic German iPhone fans queued in the rain yesterday to buy the multimedia devices, reports Reuters. A few hundred of the most devoted arrived at a T-Mobile store Cologne at midnight for the very first models, but famously skeptical Frankfurters were less impressed. "Really? No, I had no idea,...

King Ludwig Death Probed Anew

Nov 8, 2007 4:13 PM CST

King Ludwig Death Probed Anew

Bullet holes in coat suggest murder over official version of suicide

(Newser) - A Munich banker has added fuel to theories that Bavaria's "Mad" King Ludwig II, thought to have committed suicide by drowning, was assassinated in 1886, Der Spiegel reports. When Detlev Utermöhle was 10, a countess close to Ludwig's family showed him the coat Ludwig wore the night he...

Possible Poisoning at Davis Cup

Nov 7, 2007 9:15 PM CST

Possible Poisoning at Davis Cup

German Haas' may have been drugged in match vs. Russia

(Newser) - The alleged stomach virus that forced Tommy Haas to withdraw from his Davis Cup match against Russia may have been something far more sinister. The International Tennis Federation is looking into allegations that the German was poisoned, based on comments relayed by a Haas teammate from a Russian who manages...